World focused history and literature

When we study history and literature (including scientific discovery) we give attention to every people group and continent. I try hard to find materials that are NOT from a Western perspective. This is hard. It is the hardest when it comes to Africa. We study Africa every year.
This page on Ancient Africa Unit Study is our first Africa unit. It was a flyover which we will go back to in depth for each era. It was great for Ancients in the four year history cycle.
I am currently working on Africa in the Middle Ages. I am currently very frustrated in that there are very few historical fiction books written for kids reading chapter books in grades 4-8. There are lots of picture books and a fair number of books for the older audience. So, I have decided to make a post for each era that we study with books we found that are actually good on Africa.
See the Africa in the Middle Ages unit.